LAST UPDATE | 5 Jul 2018

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #SALISBURY: The UK government will meet today as it was confirmed the nerve agent Novichok was used to poison a new couple near Salisbury.

2. #EVERY CLOUD: It might be overcast in places today but that doesn’t mean it’s not going to be a lovely temperature.

3. #DROGHEDA: A man has been injured in a shooting at a halting site overnight.

4. #ABUSE: Survivors of sexual abuse react as the Government opposes redress for victims whose teachers were convicted.

5. #THAILAND: Rescuers attempting to save 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave are in a race against time as rain threatens to jeopardise their extraction.

6. #REFERENDUM: The Government is to confirm that the referendum on the ‘woman’s place in the home’ will be held in October.

7. #HOUSING CRISIS: A new scheme was launched by the Government yesterday which aims to keep people in their homes. We examine its benefits and potential pitfalls.

8. #DRUGS: Recently retired Assistant Garda Commissioner Jack Nolan has said that he’s in favour of decriminalising people found in possession of drugs for personal use. Nolan, who at the time of his retirement last year was heading up policing in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, has given an in-depth interview on the subject to Hot Press. 

9. #HEATWAVE: 19 people have died in Canada due to a heatwave gripping the country.